About Alison

Alison is an award winning textile designer, co-author of Creative Spinning with Jane Deane and teachs weaving, spinning and dyeing to adults and occasionally children. Her teaching experience extends to 25 years and includes private classes, Adult Community Education classes, workshops and one to one tuition.She creates hand woven fabrics that fuse contemporary design with traditional fibres and techniques. Specialising in unique products that are individually designed and hand woven for each client and can include wall panels, rugs, cushions, throws and window hangings. The quality hand woven fabrics are richly textured, but with a simplicity of design, and sit very comfortably in a contemporary setting.

Alison gains a lot of pleasure from passing on her skills via workshops and courses and seeing both adults and children enjoying the immense satisfaction of developing themselves creatively. She runs courses for Skylark Holidays.